Born in 1955 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and could not wait to get away. Spent time in Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan Pakistan, India and Nepal after completing an ignominious school career. I Then studied Photography at Sheffield Poly, starting in 1978. After that I did Teacher Training and taught in a school in North London for 1 year which was more than enough. Subsequently worked for Warner Brothers in a non photographic capacity and the BBC both Teaching and Photographing. Have now returned to working with traditional, wet processes alongside digital. Some of the images in my portfolio were taken in the 70's and 80's. The Defaced images were all taken early 2013 in Kerela, Tamil Nadu And Karnataka.